Chapter 7: The Prosperous Age (Part 10)
"This old thing, it's so vicious!" Seeing that Chen Yanshou had quietly erected a steel knife behind the six counties of Boling, Shi Defang scolded in his heart. He has always insisted that Li Xu should join the ranks of the champions, and has made a lot of preparations in private. However, if Luo Yi accepted the pull of the Li family in Hedong, the six counties of Boling would have to bear the risk of being attacked by the enemy. The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Warrior is obvious to all, and although the Boling soldiers are the best in the world, they really have no certainty of defeating them head-on.
"The one surnamed Luo is not angry. As a big man, he was willing to lower his rank and worship Li Yuan's son! After slandering Chen Yanshou, Shi Defang's gaze at Luo Yi was not friendly. He didn't believe that the scheming Luo Yi was infected by the atmosphere at the banquet, so he agreed to become brothers with Li Jiancheng. When the people of Youzhou do this, they must want to climb the big tree of the future prince in order to seek the cause of the vassal king.
Seeing through Chen Yanshou's subtle calculations, and also thinking that he had guessed Luo Yi's intentions, Shi De was filled with indignation, but there was no way to expose the conspiracy against the six counties of Boling. At present, the heroes are drinking and drinking happily, and they are worshipping their sons happily, and any inappropriate words will not only not affect the collusion between the Li and Luo families, but will also be regarded by everyone as ill-intentioned. Besides, among so many people who are rushing to worship, who can say which one has the sincerity of fellowship with the other? Which one and which are worshipping in order to use each other in the future? Even Li Jiancheng himself probably knows what he is doing, but he doesn't know how long-term the impact of becoming a brother with a different surname with Luo Yi is, right?!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be anxious and angry. The anxious thing is that his own general is still uncertain about the future development goals of the six counties of Boling, so that he has an empty stomach and has nowhere to use the imperial technique. is so angry that there are so many people in Boling, and he is the only one who is still mentioning other people's plots. The rest of them were drunk and dazed, and they didn't expect that some of the guys had not a wine cup in their hands at all, but a steel knife that was sharpened to shine.
When he was depressed, he saw Han Jianhong, the owner of Yanshan Village, and Zhou Daniu, the commander of the guard battalion, holding wine cups and staggering towards him. The two of them obviously drank too much, and the military general's robe they had just changed into was spilled with wine and vegetable soup, but they didn't realize it. While walking, Zhou Daniu shouted drunk, "Shi, Shisi." You have a bad stomach, but you are not without responsibility. The two of us want to climb high and become brothers with you, I don't know if we are willing? β
"Ask, I can't ask for it!" Shi Defang secretly complained in his stomach, but he didn't dare to spoil the warm atmosphere of the banquet, so he put a smile on his face and responded loudly.
"You, your eldest brother Shi Derui is also a hero, and the two of us have been brothers for a long time, no, why don't you call him over, and everyone burns incense again, and they are righteous together?" Han Jianhong stretched out two fingers and swayed to add.
Over there, Shi Derui just heard it and shouted hello, and couldn't help but pull up his godbrother Lao Wang Cong, who he had just recognized, and came over. The five men stood together, looking at each other and smiling. didn't wait for the incense to be burned, Zhang Jiang pulled Dou Cong, and Fang Yannian pulled Jiang Baoyi over to have fun. The more drunk Zhou Da Niu people became, the happier he became, the more he was happy, the more he got carried away, and he was still unwilling, he hugged Luo Yi from afar, and shouted loudly: "General Huben, although I am not your general, I have long known the prestige of General Luo. I want to be on top of this plug back then, and lift you and the tiger under your command to ride up, which one doesn't pick a thumbs up. If the old general doesn't dislike a few of us, I would like to bow down to you to comfort my admiration for many years! β
Luo Yi, the old general who was standing in the distance watching the excitement, didn't expect that there was something of his own, he paused for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Of course it's not Gao Pan." Everyone has lived and died together once today, and they should have been brothers a long time ago! After that, he took Li Jiancheng's hand, and while walking to Zhou Daniu and the others, he shouted at Li Xu: "Hussar General, are you also coming." Let's bow down today, and I'll settle old accounts with you another day! β
"I can't ask for it!" Li Xu put down the wine cup and approached everyone with a big smile. Immediately, all the heroes regardless of their camp official positions, re-burned incense, and made an appointment as brothers. The elder Shi Chen Yanshou was dumbfounded, knowing that all his efforts just now were all in the soup, and if he wanted to deepen his relationship with Youzhou, he had to start all over again. The anger almost burned through the intestines, but there was nothing to be done.
"your old thing!" Shi De was very happy. While people were not paying attention, he stretched out his hand and secretly patted Zhou Daniu on the back to show his admiration. That week, Da Niu was still full of alcohol, and looked around stupidly, as if he didn't know what he had just done!
Everyone rearranged the size, Wang Cong was the oldest, respected as the elder brother, and Luo Yi was second. Chen Yanshou stood next to him and didn't come to join in the fun, and the generals didn't force him. So Li Jiancheng ranked third, Dou Cong fourth, and Shi Derui fifth. After a round of rows, Li Xu was the youngest and became everyone's little brother.
"The elder brother who can be a hussar general, even if it is only for one day, I can blow for a lifetime!" Shi Derui danced and said leisurely.
"Today, we don't care about our official positions or our backgrounds. Let's get drunk! Luo Yi took over the conversation and responded with a smile. He promised to bow to Li Jiancheng before, and he did have the idea of finding a way back for Youzhou. Although the "brotherhood" created by Zhou Daniu and others was thinned, I didn't feel much regret to be able to intersect with so many heroes.
The meal lasted for three hours before everyone dispersed. Early the next morning, in response to the agreement reached at the wine table yesterday, the heroes from all walks of life went to Li Jiancheng's camp to discuss the distribution of the spoils. Everyone just married Jin Lan yesterday, and they didn't even care about the most basic face like Liu Jizhen, and ran away with their things. After a few polite discussions, they soon came up with a general principle of distribution according to the amount of effort.
When it comes to the details of distribution, it will be difficult for anyone to go out in person and bargain like a small trader. They all sent their henchmen to do it for them. Luo Yi sent his henchmen Shi Qin Yong and general Fan Zhongmou, Li Jiancheng sent the elder Shi Chen Yanshou and general Jiang Baoyi, and Li Xu's side was joined by Shi Defang and Zhou Daniu. After experiencing last night's incident, the German side already knew that Zhou Daniu seemed to be confused, but he was a wise and wise general, so he didn't make his own decisions when he encountered problems, and discussed with him everywhere.
The most favored by several heroes participating in the war is the hundreds of thousands of war horses left by Ashina Bone Tuolu. At present, there is smoke everywhere in the Central Plains, and with a cavalry in hand, it is equivalent to holding a sword that leans on the sky. Not only will the attack power be greatly increased, but the deterrent range will also be expanded by at least 200 miles.
According to the German side at the time, of the more than 100,000 war horses, the Boling army had to leave at least half of them to be worthy of themselves. With 60,000 horses in hand, there is a foundation for the rebuilding of the light cavalry buried on the south bank of the Yellow River, and in time, it is not impossible to build even a heavy cavalry like the Tiger Iron Cavalry. Zhou Daniu shook his head slightly, leaned over and whispered in Shi Defang's ear, "That thing consumes a lot, Luo Yi has only raised five thousand tigers, and he is so poor that he can't wait to dig out the roots of the land." If you want 60,000 war horses, what will you feed on? Besides, our six counties are plugged one after another, and the general is good at raising horses after recovering the tribes of the Xia tribe, and he will definitely have to transport them into the customs on time in the future, which one will be worse than these in front of him? In my opinion, at the moment, instead of more war horses, it is better to have more beef cattle and breeding sheep. It not only shows that our Boling army is generous, but also affordable! β
Hearing this, the German side immediately woke up. Immediately, on behalf of Boling Army, he made a high posture and only put forward a request for 20,000 horses, but on the grounds that the distance was far away and it was inconvenient for others to carry, he hoped to leave nearly half of the beef cattle and more than 30,000 sheep. As for the captured leather armor, knives and spears, arrows, and food, the Boling army only took a quarter of everything to satisfy, and the rest was distributed by everyone.
Those cattle and sheep were originally stuffed with the coalition army as dry food, and they didn't catch spring fat along the way, so they all looked skinny. The heroes knew that if they handed over the cattle and sheep to themselves, they might not have the ability to bring them back to their nests alive, so not only did they not feel that Bo Lingjun was greedy, but they thought that Shi and Zhou knew how to think about others and that Bo Lingjun did things fairly.
Sometimes, on behalf of Bolingjun, the two people made a humble head, and Chen Yanshou and Jiang Baoyi were not good at losing Hedong's face in front of everyone. Following Boling's example, he took the initiative to propose that the Hedong side would only divide 20,000 war horses, and only take a quarter of the other materials. After hearing this, the henchmen sent by the heroes also thought it was very fair and agreed.
Although the Tiger Horse Iron Cavalry contributed more, it participated in the war the latest. Therefore, the order of distribution of materials is ranked after Hedong and Boling. Qin Yong and Gu Zhongmou discussed it, and said that Youzhou did not dare to compete with Hedong and Boling. So the demand for 20,000 horses, 500 cattle, 10,000 sheep, and a quarter of the grain and grass was proposed. As for knives, spears, weapons, bows, arrows, armor, etc., none of them are taken.
The henchmen sent by the other heroes calculated, and in this way, the remaining materials of everyone were much higher than expected, and they readily agreed to the proposal of the Youzhou people.
Wang Fubao did not have a capable strategist under his command, so he had to do it himself. Seeing that Hedong, Hebei, and Youzhou were all relatively restrained, he also referred to the precedent of others and put forward the requirements of 20,000 horses, 20,000 armor and weapons, and enough grain and grass for 20,000 horses to consume on the way home. This request was put forward very realistically, and everyone naturally had no objections, nodded and passed with a smile.
Shi Defang, Han Jianhong, Wang Cong and others did not have many brothers under their command, and the remaining more than 30,000 war horses, each soldier rode one, and one horse was much richer. After a big battle, they knew that there was no chance for them to stand out on the battlefield of winning the championship, so they simply stopped fighting for these small profits and happily divided the remaining materials. Then he proposed to sell the part that could not be taken away directly in the six counties of Boling, exchange it for gold, silver and copper coins and then transport it home. In this regard, the German side couldn't ask for it, so he said a few polite words and readily agreed.
After the successful distribution of the seized materials, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. While scolding Liu Jizhen with a smile, he had a narrow vision, and finally did not go beyond the scope of the horse thief's knowledge. While looking at the more than 100,000 prisoners who were imprisoned in the camp, he was worried, and he didn't know what to do. At this moment, the Central Plains is undecided, and none of the heroes want to have a bad reputation for killing prisoners, and besides, more than half of the captives are old and weak, women and children, and everyone really can't kill them.
But leaving these people, the heroes really can't support them. Prisoners from outside the fortress could not farm, could not speak the Central Plains, and even if they were sold as slaves, no rich man would be willing to buy them.
"Just take it outside Yanshan, find a wide place to put it, and let them go home by themselves!" Fan Zhongmou, the general of Youzhou, was the most experienced in dealing with the herdsmen outside the Saiwai, and according to the previous practice of disposing of prisoners with tiger and iron horses, he proposed with a smile.
"Won't more than half of them starve to death on the road?" Wang Fubao couldn't bear it and retorted in a low voice. The grain and grass were divided up by the heroes, and there was no dry food, so there were only two roads left in front of the captives, one was to gang up as thieves and run into the Great Wall to rob. What awaits them will be the blade of the Boling Army. The other way home the way they came, with no weapons and no cattle or sheep, these people will most likely starve.
"Death is death, you see that they are pitiful, if they win a great victory, who will pity the people of the Central Plains!" Fan Zhongmou glanced at Wang Fubao and said coldly.
"That, that, that's not the same thing!" Wang Fubao rolled his eyes when he asked, and after a while, he muttered a reply. He is not willing to kill indiscriminately, but the Turks can kill the Central Plains, and the Central Plains people can not cruelly watch the Turkic captives starve to death if they win? He couldn't tell.
I can't tell, and I can't think of a way. Looking at the piles of dull-eyed captives trembling in front of him, Wang Fubao only felt sad in his heart. Although the captives did not understand the Central Plains dialect, they also knew that the other party was discussing what to do with them. Most of them had been hungry for a day and a night, and had no strength or courage to resist the impending fate, so they had to kneel on the ground one by one, bowing their heads and weeping.
"Why don't we take half of the captives and set aside a place near the Great Wall for them to live in?" Chen Yanshou listened to the pitiful crying of the captives, thought for a while, and proposed to Shi Defang in a low voice.
The German side had a very bad impression of this old guy who was still calculating the Boling Army last night, so he instinctively shook his head into a rattle, and said intermittently while shaking: "It's not proper, it's inappropriate, it's very inappropriate." That's how the Great Sui settled the Ashina family back then, and in the end, you also saw how the Shibi Khan repaid the Great Sui? β
Many of them know the origin of today's Turkic troubles. At that time, the Great Sui had already crippled the Turkic royal court, but he was kind-hearted and took in the tribe of the Qimin Khan to settle in Dingxiang County. As a result, in less than twenty years, the Qimin Khan reintegrated the steppe with the support of the Great Sui. In the Shibi generation, not only did he occupy half of Dingxiang County and did not return it, but also continued to spy on the Central Plains.
This is a matter of raising tigers, and it is enough for the people of the Central Plains to do it once. You can't suffer a loss and don't learn to behave. Therefore, although the old man Chen Yanshou's intentions are good, he can't find anyone to support him except himself. Seeing the old guy's face full of embarrassment, Shi Defang felt relieved in his heart.
In terms of strategy, he thinks that he is not as good as Chen Yanshou, the old ginger. But in terms of vision, he felt that Old Man Chen's strength was too small. It's not the material of the emperor at all. If Chen Yanshou is not the emperor's leader, then Li Jiancheng's future is not much better? The blood outside the Great Wall is not cold, and it is no wonder that this kind of person can become a big climate!
"Then according to Sima's opinion, what should these people do?" Jiang Baoyi couldn't get used to the smug face of the German side, so he stepped forward to fight for Chen Yanshou.
"In my opinion....... The German side had nothing to do in his heart, but he couldn't admit it with a face. After hesitating for a while, his face began to turn black, and he still couldn't say why.
Holding back to the urgency, he remembered yesterday's situation again. Secretly looked at Zhou Daniu from the corner of his eye. But he saw Zhou Daniu looking north with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery outside the Great Wall, while muttering: "This king must be ba, the battle is over, and he still hasn't sent a letter to say where he is?" Pingbai made the general anxious! Could it be that she took a fancy to the woman of the Xia tribe and stayed there and couldn't miss it?! β
"Since they are defeated, they will naturally have to pay the price for their defeat!" Hearing Zhou Daniu's muttering, Shi De immediately had a plan. "The general of my family was promoted as the co-leader by the thirteen tribes of the Xia clan, and there happened to be a large grassland under his name. If you refuse to take these 100,000 old and weak people of all ethnic groups in, you will simply hand them over to the six counties of Boling. The six counties will escort them to the vicinity of Suotoushui at their expense, and take care of the cattle and sheep for the people of my six counties! β
"At this moment, Sima is not afraid that they will sit big in the future?!" Jiang Baoyi glanced at Shi Defang, and sneered in his nostrils.
"They don't belong to the same clan in the first place. As a herdsman, I was guarded by my general. There is also a tiger eyeing the Ministry next to him, and it is difficult to turn up any wind and waves! Shi Defang smiled and glanced at Chen Yanshou, and then glanced at the generals of Youzhou, and responded proudly.
He has always disagreed with Li Xu's idea of retreating outside the Saiwai and breaking into another world outside Kyushu. But now that he was being forced by the people of Hedong, he had to temporarily use part of this idea for emergency. When the words fell, I was taken aback first. It suddenly occurred to me that if Youzhou and Hedong colluded, if the six counties of Boling wanted not to be attacked from the front and back, they had to open up another foothold outside the six counties. At that time, these 100,000 captives will be 100,000 free laborers. For the six counties, it is simply someone to send a pillow when they are sleepy, and it is extremely timely and good help!
With the two foundations of Saiwai and Boling, it is like living two eyes on a chessboard. If the Central Plains can fight, it will fight, and if it can't fight, it will leave. Taking a step back is the sea is wide and the sky is wide, and who is afraid of coming!
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